Mokřina (Krottensee) (Miocene of Czech Republic)

Also known as Mokrina

Where: Czech Republic (50.1° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.3° N, 11.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cypris Formation, MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified, green marl

• Cheb/Sokolov basin system. The first significant depositional episode in the Cheb Basin coincides with the deposition of late Oligocene-Miocene clastics in the whole extensional system of the Ohře Graben, controlled by E-W – trending depocenter.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Ottomar Novák in 1874

• Repository: National Museum in Prague

Primary reference: O. Novák. 1878. Fauna der Cyprisschiefer des Egerer Tertiärbeckens. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 76:71-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117612: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Neuroptera -
Neuropterites depertitus n. gen. n. sp.
Neuropterites depertitus n. gen. n. sp. Novák 1878 lacewing
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Melolontha solitaria n. sp.
Melolontha solitaria n. sp. Novák 1878 scarab beetle
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
Bombus crassipes n. sp.
Bombus crassipes n. sp. Novák 1878 bumble bee
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Formica buphthalma n. sp., "Pheidologeton bohemicus n. sp." = Carebara bohemica, Myrmica nebulosa n. sp.
Formica buphthalma n. sp. Novák 1878 ant
"Pheidologeton bohemicus n. sp." = Carebara bohemica Novák 1878 ant
Myrmica nebulosa n. sp. Novák 1878 ant
 Hemiptera - Lygaeidae
Lygaeus mutilus n. sp.
Lygaeus mutilus n. sp. Novák 1878 milkweed bug
 Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Brachypelta rotundata n. sp.
Brachypelta rotundata n. sp. Novák 1878 burrowing bug
 Hemiptera - Tingidae
"Monanthia flexuosa n. sp." = Dictyla novaki
"Monanthia flexuosa n. sp." = Dictyla novaki Drake and Ruhoff 1962 lace bug
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibio elegantulus n. sp., Bibio formosus n. sp., Plecia quaesita n. sp., "Protomyia bohemica n. sp." = Penthetria bohemica, "Bibiopsis egerana n. sp." = Penthetria egerana, "Bibiopsis imperialis n. sp." = Penthetria imperialis
Bibio elegantulus n. sp. Novák 1878 march fly
Bibio formosus n. sp. Novák 1878 march fly
Plecia quaesita n. sp. Novák 1878 love bug
"Protomyia bohemica n. sp." = Penthetria bohemica Novák 1878 march fly
"Bibiopsis egerana n. sp." = Penthetria egerana Novák 1878 march fly
"Bibiopsis imperialis n. sp." = Penthetria imperialis Novák 1878 march fly
In collection of GBA Wien
 Diptera - Sciaridae
Sciara martii n. sp.
Sciara martii n. sp. Novák 1878 dark-winged fungus gnat
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula angustata n. sp., Tipula expectans n. sp.
Tipula angustata n. sp. Novák 1878 crane fly
Tipula expectans n. sp. Novák 1878 crane fly
 Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Ptychoptera deleta n. sp.
Ptychoptera deleta n. sp. Novák 1878 phantom crane fly